Revolutionary War Pay Order
Document measurement: 8 x 6 1/2 inches
Framed measurement: 24 1/2 x 16 inches
This document is a Revolutionary War-era Pennsylvania Assembly pay order dated June 19, 1777, for wages and travel expenses.
Document Details
Date: June 19, 1777.
Location: Philadelphia.
Payee: The payment is "to Joseph Gardner Esquire," who was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Amount: Seventy-one pounds, eighteen shillings, and four pence for his wages and 50 miles of travel.
Signatures:
Jn. Bayard Speaker: John Bubenheim Bayard was the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly from March 1777 to 1779.
To David Rittenhouse, Esq; Treasurer: David Rittenhouse was the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1789, and later became the first Director of the U.S. Mint.
Documents such as this were common during the Revolutionary War, as the Assembly dealt with the payment of war debts and the raising of funds for the Continental Congress.
Document measurement: 8 x 6 1/2 inches
Framed measurement: 24 1/2 x 16 inches
This document is a Revolutionary War-era Pennsylvania Assembly pay order dated June 19, 1777, for wages and travel expenses.
Document Details
Date: June 19, 1777.
Location: Philadelphia.
Payee: The payment is "to Joseph Gardner Esquire," who was a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly.
Amount: Seventy-one pounds, eighteen shillings, and four pence for his wages and 50 miles of travel.
Signatures:
Jn. Bayard Speaker: John Bubenheim Bayard was the Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly from March 1777 to 1779.
To David Rittenhouse, Esq; Treasurer: David Rittenhouse was the State Treasurer of Pennsylvania from 1777 to 1789, and later became the first Director of the U.S. Mint.
Documents such as this were common during the Revolutionary War, as the Assembly dealt with the payment of war debts and the raising of funds for the Continental Congress.